Kevin Schofield

Downing Street has rejected claims by Danny Dyer that Brexit is a "mad riddle so no one knows what it is".

Here is a summary of this morning's briefing for lobby journalists by a spokeswoman for the Prime Minister.

European leaders are putting their citizens' lives at risk by refusing to agree a security deal with the UK after Brexit, Theresa May has declared.

Theresa May was ambushed at the start of a crunch EU summit - and presented with the shirt of England's World Cup rivals Belgium.

Plans to let Labour members elect the party's council leaders have been branded "unworkable" by a senior local government figure.

Jeremy Corbyn has been criticised by Labour Friends of Israel after he called for Palestinians to have a "right to return" to their former homeland.

Philip Hammond is "co-ordinating" attacks on the Government's Brexit strategy by businesses, Jacob Rees-Mogg has claimed.

Liz Truss has launched an extraordinary attack on Michael Gove by attacking his crackdown on plastics and suggesting he is full of "hot air".

Barry Gardiner has provoked a major Labour rebellion after he urged MPs not to support trades deals struck by the European Union with Japan and Canada.

Boris Johnson was openly openly mocked as the House of Commons gave its backing to a third runway at Heathrow.

It's obvious, but sometimes it needs repeating. The first requisite for leadership is the ability to lead.

Here is a summary of this morning's briefing for lobby journalists by the Prime Minister's official spokesman.

Boris Johnson has stood by his decision to be out of the country for tonight’s crunch vote on a new runway at Heathrow airport - despite his long-standing opposition to the plan.

Len McCluskey has sparked a furious Labour row after he urged the party's MPs to back a third runway at Heathrow.

Deep splits within Labour over Brexit have erupted after Chuka Umunna was forced to deny claims he was involved in an advertising campaign targeting his own party's MPs.

Gavin Williamson has been branded a “weasel” after he threatened to bring down Theresa May unless she gives more money to the military.

Downing Street has insisted that the Government will strike "a good deal" with the EU as it dismissed warnings from Airbus that Brexit could force it to leave the country.

Tory chief whip Julian Smith has been contacting party activists in seats held by rebel MPs in a bid to stave of government defeats on Brexit.

Thousands of jobs could be lost after Airbus threatened to leave the UK in frustration at the lack of progress by Theresa May in the Brexit negotiations.

Philip Hammond has hit back at Cabinet rival Boris Johnson as the splits among Theresa May's frontbench on Brexit erupted once more.

Emily Thornberry has accused pro-EU Labour MPs of "dishonesty" over their campaign for Britain to join the European Economic Area.

Theresa May has survived the latest showdown with her own backbenchers after Tory rebels accepted a last-minute compromise on the Government's flagship Brexit bill.

Conservative whips have been branded "shameful" after it emerged ill Labour MPs will have to be in the House of Commons to take part in a crunch Brexit vote.

Labour has taken its biggest lead over the Conservatives in three months, according to a new poll.

EU leaders are set to warn that "no substantial progress" has been made on solving the row over the Irish border amid fears the UK is heading for a no deal Brexit.

Labour is to force a vote of no confidence in Chris Grayling over his handling of the railways fiasco.

Peers have inflicted yet another defeat on the Government's flagship Brexit bill - and paved the way for a high-stakes Commons showdown between Theresa May and Tory rebels.

Theresa May has been reported to the Advertising Standards Agency over claims that a huge cash boost for the NHS will be partly funded by a "Brexit dividend".

Tory rebels have tabled a fresh compromise amendment to the Government's flagship Brexit bill as Theresa May heads for yet another House of Lords defeat.

A Labour frontbencher has ditched his support for another EU referendum - just 48 hours after saying he supported one.

The row over what happens to powers returning to the UK from Brussels after Brexit will "haunt the Tories like the Poll Tax", Ian Blackford has claimed.

A senior member of Labour's frontbench has defied Jeremy Corbyn to back a second EU referendum.

Labour is under pressure to reveal the findings of an investigation into sexual harassment in the party amid fears of a cover-up.

Two-thirds of voters believe Theresa May is doing a bad job of negotiating Britain's departure from the European Union.

Labour easily retained one of their safest Westminster seats as a surge in Lib Dem support saw the Conservatives pushed into third place.

Tom Watson has accused Unite boss Len McCluskey of trying to oust him as Labour deputy leader.